Events in the Western Cape – December 2010

Designer Festive Market: The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cape Town’s oldest operating church) and Freeworld Coatings (South Africa’s leading coatings company) will jointly host a designer artisan Christmas market. The venue for the Designer Festive Market is the courtyard at the Cape Waters Building at 71 Waterkant Street in Cape Town. The event will take place on the 15th of December. The Market will be followed by the church’s annual Carols by Candlelight. The event forms part of WalkCapeTown (a post-World Cup initiative which aims to re-energise the Fan Walk through public events and ultimately enhance the cultural life of the city). The Designer Festive Market will feature true Cape Town designer exhibitors, including Heartworks, Helon Melon, Lorenzo Nassimbeni, Textures, Design Africa and Clementina van der Walt. Visitors are urged to bring a kiddies Christmas gift that will be donated to a local orphanage. The Market will start at 3:30 PM and Carols by Candlelight will start at 8 PM. For more info phone Nicole 083 3741978.

SA Paragliding Winelands Open 2010: This event will be held at Pampoenfontein (near Porterville) in the Swartland. The SA Paragliding Winelands open will be held from the 12th of December to the 18th of December 2010. With the strong traditions of the All Africa Open Paragliding competitions to live up to, the SA Winelands Paragliding open promises to exceed the expectations of competition pilots from South Africa and around the world. There will be 2 take off options as well as a separate staging area as the event takes flight in Porterville. Pilots need to be ready to fly between 10h00 and 11h00 to take advantage of the areas ideal conditions. For more information phone Mike on 083 6451516 or Cath on 082 6016876.

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